Patna , April 2: In a gruesome crime in Bihar, a teenaged girl was allegedly gangraped inside a running train and then thrown off to die bleeding near the tracks after her throat was slit on Friday morning. 

Srinagar , April 2: Kashmiri militants blew up a railway track in southern Pulwama district late Thursday night, disrupting rail services though briefly, the police said here on Friday.

Mumbai , April 2: In an incident that has sent shockwaves across Pune, a 25-year-old woman was kidnapped on the pretext of giving her a lift and then gangraped by three persons in an open ground near a large infotech company complex on Thursday. Two persons were arrested, and produced in court on Friday.

Workers and sailors wave from the warship INS Chennai after it was launched from the Mazgaon dock in Mumbai on Thursday. The third and last of the Kolkata-class warships, the INS Chennai, a 6,700-tonne destroyer 163 metres long and 16 metres wide, was launched using the pontoon-assisted method by Ms Elizabeth Antony, wife of defence minister A.K. Antony. The ship will be armed with the supersonic BrahMos surface-to-surface missile system and long-range surface-to-air missile system as well as   indigenously-developed twin-tube torpedo launchers and rocket launchers.     PHOTO: AFP

Bengaluru , April 1: In a year’s time, India will fly an indigenous version of a space shuttle.
On its first flight, the rocket-powered craft, shaped like an aircraft, will climb 60 km into the earth’s atmosphere and glide back to earth. Over subsequent flights, the journey into outer space will be of longer duration and distances in order to test its reliability and capability to carry satellites into orbit.

New Delhi , April 1: While granting major relief to RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and his wife Rabri Devi in the disproportionate assets case, the Supreme Court on Thursday, in a ruling having far-reaching implications, held that state governments cannot file appeals against acquittal of accused persons once a case is transferred to the CBI even if that agency does not challenge the trial judge’s order in the high court.

New Delhi , April 1: The Supreme Court on Thursday severely pulled up the Centre, particularly the ministry of defence, for “shabby” handling of the pension cases of soldiers even when they relate to those becoming disabled during postings to highly inhospitable areas like Siachen.

New Delhi , April 1: Chinese ambassador to India Zhang Yan introduced his “six commandments” into the Sino-Indian bilateral discourse on a day which marked the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Islamabad/United Nations , April 1: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari wants a UN-constituted panel looking into the killing of his wife Benazir Bhutto to quiz four major international personalities, including Afghan President Hamid Karzai and former United States secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, as they had prior information about threats to her life.

New Delhi , April 1: With Congress president and National Advisory Council chairperson Sonia Gandhi busy finalising the names of other members of the reconstituted body, speculation is rife that Deep Joshi, winner of prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2009, and Harsh Mander, who resigned from the Indian Administrative Service in 2002 shortly after the Gujarat riots, may join the high-profile body.